Metformin versus placebo in combination with insulin analogues in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: the randomised, blinded Copenhagen Insulin and Metformin Therapy (CIMT) trial

Louise Lundby-Christensen; Lise Tarnow; Trine W Boesgaard; Søren S. Lund; Niels Wiinberg; Hans Perrild; Thure Krarup; Ole Snorgaard; Birthe Gade-Rasmussen; Birger Thorsteinsson; Michael Røder; Elisabeth R Mathiesen; Tonny Jensen; Henrik Vestergaard; Christoffer Hedetoft; Leif Breum; Elsebeth Duun; Simone B Sneppen; Oluf Pedersen; Bianca Hemmingsen; Bendix Carstensen; Sten Madsbad; Christian Gluud; Jørn Wetterslev; Allan Vaag; Thomas P Almdal

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Metformin versus placebo in combination with insulin analogues in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: the randomised, blinded Copenhagen Insulin and Metformin Therapy (CIMT) trial

Louise Lundby-Christensen, Lise Tarnow, Trine W Boesgaard, Søren S. Lund, Niels Wiinberg, Hans Perrild, Thure Krarup, Ole Snorgaard, Birthe Gade-Rasmussen, Birger Thorsteinsson, Michael Røder, Elisabeth R Mathiesen, Tonny Jensen, Henrik Vestergaard, Christoffer Hedetoft, Leif Breum, Elsebeth Duun, Simone B Sneppen, Oluf Pedersen, Bianca HemmingsenBendix Carstensen, Sten Madsbad, Christian Gluud, Jørn Wetterslev, Allan Vaag, Thomas P Almdal

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Objective: To assess the effect of metformin versus placebo both in combination with insulin analogue treatment on changes in carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) in patients with type 2 diabetes. Design and setting: Investigator-initiated, randomised, placebo-controlled trial with a 2×3 factorial design conducted at eight hospitals in Denmark. Participants and interventions: 412 participants with type 2 diabetes (glycated haemoglobin (HbA_1c) ≥7.5% (≥58 mmol/mol); body mass index >25 kg/m2) were in addition to open-labelled insulin treatment randomly assigned 1:1 to 18 months blinded metformin (1 g twice daily) versus placebo, aiming at an HbA_1c ≤7.0% (≤53 mmol/mol). Outcomes: The primary outcome was change in the mean carotid IMT (a marker of subclinical cardiovascular disease). HbA_1c, insulin dose, weight and hypoglycaemic and serious adverse events were other prespecified outcomes. Results: Change in the mean carotid IMT did not differ significantly between the groups (betweengroup difference 0.012 mm (95% CI -0.003 to 0.026), p=0.11). HbA_1c was more reduced in the metformin group (between-group difference.0.42% (95% CI.0.62% to.0.23%), p<0.001)), despite the significantly lower insulin dose at end of trial in the metformin group (1.04 IU/kg (95% CI 0.94 to 1.15)) compared with placebo (1.36 IU/kg (95% CI 1.23 to 1.51), p<0.001). The metformin group gained less weight (between-group difference -2.6 kg (95% CI -3.3 to -1.8), p<0.001). The groups did not differ with regard to number of patients with severe or non-severe hypoglycaemic or other serious adverse events, but the metformin group had more nonsevere hypoglycaemic episodes (4347 vs 3161, p<0.001). Conclusions: Metformin in combination with insulin did not reduce carotid IMT despite larger reduction in HbA1c, less weight gain, and smaller insulin dose compared with placebo plus insulin. However, the trial only reached 46% of the planned sample size and lack of power may therefore have affected our results.

Original language	English
Article number	e008376
Journal	B M J Open
Volume	6
Issue number	2
ISSN	2044-6055
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008376
Publication status	Published - 2016

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Lundby-Christensen, L., Tarnow, L., Boesgaard, T. W., Lund, S. S., Wiinberg, N., Perrild, H., Krarup, T., Snorgaard, O., Gade-Rasmussen, B., Thorsteinsson, B., Røder, M., Mathiesen, E. R., Jensen, T., Vestergaard, H., Hedetoft, C., Breum, L., Duun, E., Sneppen, S. B., Pedersen, O., ... Almdal, T. P. (2016). Metformin versus placebo in combination with insulin analogues in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: the randomised, blinded Copenhagen Insulin and Metformin Therapy (CIMT) trial. B M J Open, 6(2), Article e008376. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008376

Metformin versus placebo in combination with insulin analogues in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: the randomised, blinded Copenhagen Insulin and Metformin Therapy (CIMT) trial. / Lundby-Christensen, Louise; Tarnow, Lise; Boesgaard, Trine W et al.
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Lundby-Christensen, L, Tarnow, L, Boesgaard, TW, Lund, SS, Wiinberg, N, Perrild, H, Krarup, T, Snorgaard, O, Gade-Rasmussen, B, Thorsteinsson, B, Røder, M, Mathiesen, ER, Jensen, T, Vestergaard, H, Hedetoft, C, Breum, L, Duun, E, Sneppen, SB, Pedersen, O, Hemmingsen, B, Carstensen, B , Madsbad, S, Gluud, C, Wetterslev, J, Vaag, A & Almdal, TP 2016, 'Metformin versus placebo in combination with insulin analogues in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: the randomised, blinded Copenhagen Insulin and Metformin Therapy (CIMT) trial', B M J Open, vol. 6, no. 2, e008376. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008376

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